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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Hidden Branch by G.G. Vandagriff

The Hidden Branch by G.G. Vandagriff

In G.G.'s last Alex and Briggie Genealogical mystery, we find their sleuthing sends them off to the sunny beaches of Huntington Beach, CA, my hometown, and better known as Surf City. And, G.G. you brought back some happy memories of some well-known places. I used to spend my Saturdays with my friend walking on the pier and walking across the street to the corner drugstore to buy movie magazines. Anyway, back to our story.

Paul Mardian, an Armenian billionnaire, who invented the pop-can, is found murdered in his wealthy home in Kansas City, MO.from one of his artifacts. Alex, Briggie, Richard, Charles and Marigny all fly to Surf City to find the heirs to the Mardian fortune, worth several million. With a murder, a kidnapping and a nearly dead Alex, stakes are high to keep Alex and Briggie from unveiling the murderer. And, with so many suspects in the Mardian clan, it's hard to trust anyone and with Alex, Briggie and Richard, there's no telling what kind of mischief they'll get into. An old journal winds up missing and it's up to the sleuths to find it.

The main attractions in this last of this series is Ruby's, a 50's-60's style restaurant in the motif of a soda shop, which is on the edge of the pier, with all the fishermen, surfers, espresso shops, Golden State Community College, Hoag Memorial Hospital (our family hospital), Four Crowns, UC-Irvine, Balboa Bay, (where we had our wedding reception), Corona Del Mar and The Hyatt Regency across from the pier and John Wayne International Airport.

Forever Friends Rating 4 Stars by TeriUntil Next Time, See You Around The Book Nook.

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I am owner of LDSForeverFriends Google Group and have been the owner for almost 6 years. We moved to Google 1 Aug of '07. We started on Yahoo on 8 Nov '04. I live in Southeastern WA in a smal town that was my hubby's hometown. I've been a member of the LDS Church 45 years this July '12. I am an avid reader, do a lot of reviews, do indexing and am an avid Genealogist and am a Cancer Survivor. I enjoy life, have three grown children: Mary, 38 in Aug, with two children; William, 18 and Loretta, 15. They live in Rigby, ID; Sarah, 30 in early Oct, has two children Violet, 11 and Gary Lee, 6. They live in Kennewick, close to us, so we see them a lot. We also have Andrew, almost 27, living with me.
I start Chemo this Thursday, as it has come back as a different type, this time Hodgkin's Lymphoma instead of Non Hodgkin's. I'll be going once a week, then a week off, for 4 months. I also have Lymphedema, caused from my Lymphoma. Mary married an old classmate from high school she reconnected with on FB and they now have a 6 month old boy named after his grandfather, Bobby Gene. My wonderful eternal soulmate passed on 7 Dec '09.